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Brewing a Saison with 3711. I greatly under pitched (one wyeast smack pack) for a 5.5 gallon batch. I acquired a flask so this wont happen in the future. I kept it in the primary for 19 days @ 72 degrees. I checked my FOG was reading 1.004 and racked to secondary. I thought fermentation was...

Hi everyone I am looking for some advice on what to concentrate on in order to improve my brewing. Right now I always brew in a bag, on my stove, trying to really hit my mash temps as best I can then I add about 4 lbs LME depending on the recipe. I usually have a boil volume of 4 gallons and...

Maybe this should be in the recipes thread but I am looking for advice on the BIAB mashing as well. Fairly new to BIAB and I have never made a Wiezenbock. I usually rely on adding extract for most of my recipes due to the fact I only have one 5 gallon pot and I am brewing on a stove. It...

I just finished brewing my 8th batch and I continue to have issues with carbonation and alcohol content. I am a extract/Partial mash brewer. I brew 5-5.5 gallon batches. My last two beers I added 150g dextrose prior to bottling. One beer ended up over carb'd champagne style bubbles. The...

Hello all, Im looking for some insight on my latest recipe. I made some modifications to a typical german ale/kolsch recipe and I want to know why it tastes the way it tastes and any recommended improvements for the future. 1 lb Pilsner (Rahr) crushed grains steeped 30 mins ~150 F 1 lb...

I just brewed my sierra celebration clone. I added about 1.5 oz of hops at flameout. As I have done with my past two batches i screened my wort before putting it into the primary. I thought to myself, the aroma hops have only been in for 5 minutes or less, am I screening out the hop goodness...

Alright so my second batch of beer was ready today and it came out delicious. One problem though is it seems to have a low head low carbonation. This occurred on my first batch of beer as well but the beer had a bit better carbonation as it got older. For both batches I left 1 week primary 2...

My beer has been in my primary for a week as of tomorrow. The temp is cooling at night down to 50 at night, prob 60 in my basement if i leave the windows open stays about 70 if i dont. During the day stays between 70-73. I Is the drop to 60 any sort of benefit to settling sediment and stuff...

Brewed my second batch of beer ever yesterday. Filtering out all the libbys pumpkins sediment took forever and I was growing impatient toward the end. In my hastiness I didnt take the temp of the water when I was rehydrating my Safale US-05 ale yeast. The water was hot and im afraid I could have...

So im brewing my 3rd batch of beer and I am making a pumpkin ale. I used two cans libbys 29 oz pumpkin and 1 oz mt hood 1 oz cascade. There is a ton of sediment. For my first two batches I ran the hot wort through a strainer to remove all of the hop debris ect. For this pumpkin ale there is a...

I have read the sticky about single fermentation vs racking to a secondary. I am a new brewer with a glass carboy and a fermentation bucket. The sticky writes that the main benefits of racking in terms of quality of beer are two fold Results in clearer beer (could be a + or -) and reduces the...